Who is more intelligent? a person who study Arts or Science.

Both people are intelligent, they are just intelligent in different ways. I think that a person who studies the Arts is just as intelligent as a person who studies Science, they are just intelligent in different ways. I know many people in my field (English) who are very intelligent and who can run circles around people when it comes to history and language, but they aren't so great at Math and Science. I know people who are Engineering and Science majors, who tell me that English bores them and that they have trouble write term papers. Then I know those people who excel at anything that is thrown at them. I call them "sponges".

It does not really make a difference if you are an arts student or a science. People are equally intelligent. Its just their tastes and preferences that vary. A normal person only uses 40% of their brain.

I would say it's not that simple. Science requires more logical thinking and facts, which is what some people use as an all purpose definition of intelligence. But, creativity, and the ability to think critically (to be able to articulate why a piece of art is good) is also a form of intelligence and not inferior to logic and facts. Not to mention there are other factors that can come into play. Someone who studies art may be perfectly capable of studying science, but prefer art. The question asked assumes people who study art picked it because they're not good at science. Which may be true for some people (as there are science majors who can't draw a straight line) but not all. It's possible that someone with the brains to be the next Einstein has no interest in it and would rather learn how to be a sculptor. If the people in your group discussion met a person like that and knew only of his/her choice of studies, they'd immediately assume that person wasn't intelligent. To narrow it down, I'd answer that the question is impossible to answer with such insufficient data.

Science requires greater intelligence, many arts require little. Philosophy requires more than both. Jonathan Miller, started in the field of science before going on to become well known in the arts, said once he regretted moving from science to the arts exactly because the arts required so little intelligence compared to science all the best urban

I would say that scientists are more analytical while artists are more social. We all have our talents. What kind of job needs to be filled?? Which qualities benefit the co more?

both of them are intelligent. how can you say that a person who's studying Arts is more intelligent than the one who studies Science? what if i ask the Scientist some questions about some particular work of art? or ask the artist about what phylum does this species belongs to? we're all intelligent in our own way. i think that was a trick question... they wanted to know how you'd react in some situations like that one. lol!